RUSSIAN PARCEL-GILT SIVER SNUFFBOX WITH A MEDALLION PORTRAIT OF CATHERINE II DEDICATED TO PEACE TREATY WITH TURKEY, JULY 10, 1774 S Yudin, Moscow, 1774

Лот 641

3 0004 000

silver, gilt, chased, engraved Hallmarks: signed in Cyrillic ‘S Yudin’ inscribed round the presentation in Cyrillic ‘B M Ekaterina II Imperat. I Samoderzh. Vserossiys.’ [By the Grace of God, Catherine II, Empress and Autocrat of All Russia] Inscribed in Cyrillic on the reverse ‘Mir s Otomanskoyu Portoyu 10 iulia 1744 Ekaterina (I.P.)’ [Peace with the Ottoman Porte, July 10, 1774] D. 9.3 cm, H (with cover) 2.7 cm gross weight: 214.06 gr. with a fitted brown leather case with a gilt Imperial emblem featuring double-headed eagle with orb and sceptre under a crown 14 x 14 x 4 cm

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